{"product_id":"men-as-women-women-as-men-changing-gender-in-native-american-cultures-paperback-softback-9780292747012","title":"Men As Women, Women As Men; Changing Gender in Native American Cultures (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292747012","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMen As Women, Women As Men\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChanging Gender in Native American Cultures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSabine Lang (Author), John L. Vantine (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292747012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.594 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs contemporary Native and non-Native Americans explore various forms of \"gender bending\" and gay and lesbian identities, interest has grown in \"berdaches,\" the womanly men and manly women who existed in many Native American tribal cultures. Yet attempts to find current role models in these historical figures sometimes distort and oversimplify the historical realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an objective, comprehensive study of Native American women-men and men-women across many tribal cultures and an extended time span. Sabine Lang explores such topics as their religious and secular roles; the relation of the roles of women-men and men-women to the roles of women and men in their respective societies; the ways in which gender-role change was carried out, legitimized, and explained in Native American cultures; the widely differing attitudes toward women-men and men-women in tribal cultures; and the role of these figures in Native mythology. Lang's findings challenge the apparent gender equality of the \"berdache\" institution, as well as the supposed universality of concepts such as homosexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e List of Maps, Tables, and Figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One: Introduction, Background, and Definitions\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Early Sources: Missionaries and Traders, Physicians and Ethnologists \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Twentieth-Century Research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Gender Identity, Gender Role, and Gender Status\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: Gender Role Change by Males\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Cross-Dressing and Mixed Gender Roles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Cross-Dressing and the Feminine Gender Role\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Feminine Activities Without Cross-Dressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: The Imitation of \"\u003cbr\u003eFemininity\"\u003cbr\u003e and Intersexuality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9: Women-Men as \"\u003cbr\u003eShamans,\"\u003cbr\u003e Medicine Persons, and Healers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10: Other Specialized Occupations of Women-Men \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11: Partner Relationships and Sexuality \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12: Entrance into the Status of Woman-Man \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13: Women-Men in Native American Cultures: Ideology and Reality \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Three: Gender Role Change by Females\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14: Cross-Dressing and Mixed Gender Roles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15: Men-Women in Masculine Occupations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16: Status, Relationships, and Entrance Rituals of Men-Women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17: Warrior Women and Manly-Hearted Women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Four: The Cultural Context of Gender Role Change\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18: Attitudes Toward Women-Men and Men-Women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19: Gender Role Change and Homosexuality \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20: Gender Role Change in Native American Oral Traditions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21: Conclusion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735742443800,"sku":"9780292747012","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/men-as-women-women-as-men-changing-gender-in-native-american-cultures-paperback-softback-9780292747012","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}